Nutcracker.



A. KONARSKI.

NUTCRAGKER.

APPLICATION FILED Musa, 1911.

1,003,917. l Patented sept. 19,19i1.

ANTONI KONARSKI, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

NUTCRACKER.

Specification of Letters Patent. i Patented-Sept* 19, 1911.

Application filed May 22, 1911. Serial No. 628,623.

To all 'whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTONI KONARSKI, a subject of the Czar of Russia,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nutcrackers, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.`

This invention relates to nut crackers, and the objects of my inventionare, first, to provide a simple and inexpensive device for easily andquickly cracking or crushing the shell of a nut; second, to furnish adevice of the above type with novel means for normally maintaining thesame in an open position; third, to provide a` nut cracker that can besafely used without danger' of pinching or injuring the hand, andfourth, to provide a device of the above type that can be manufacturedat a comparatively small cost.

I attain the above objects by a mechanical construction that will behereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference willnow be had to the drawing, where- Figure 1 is a. perspective view of thedevice, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, partly broken away andpartly in section, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the same.

A device in accordance .with this invention comprises a bar 1 having therear end thereof serving functionally as a handle and the forward endbifurcated, as at 2 to provide arms 3 which are apert-ured, as at 4:.The bar 1 at a point approximately intermediate vthe ends thereof isprovided with a hanger 5 and pivotally connected to the lower end of thehanger 5 by a transverse pin `6 is a lever 7, said lever having alongitudinal slot 8 providing clearance for the lower end of the hanger5. The upper end of the lever 7 is curved, as at 9 and provided with aslot 10. Pivotally mounted in the slot 10 by a pin 11 is the lower endof a. connecting rod 12. The connecting rod 12 extends through a slot 13provided therefor in the bar 1, said rod having the upper end thereofpivotally connected by a pin 14 to an arm 15. The arm 15 has a slot 16to receive the upper end of the rod 12, and the outer end of the arm 15is bifurcated and pivotally connected by a pin 17 to a link 1S, saidlink having the lower end thereof pivotally mounted by a pin 19 in thebifureated forward end of the bar 1. The rear end of the arm 15 iscurved downwardly, as at 2O and the underneath side of the arm isprovided with transverse teeth or serrations 21 adapted to confrontteeth or serrations 22 carried bv the upper side of the bar 1.

Encirclingthe connecting pin 12, between the bar 1 and the arm 15 is acoiled retractile spring 23 adapted to normally maintain the arm 15 inan elevated position and the rear end of the lever 7 in a loweredposition.

With the forward end of the arm 15 pivotally connected to the forwardend of the bar 1, the gap between the arm and the bar tapers and canaccommodate nuts of various sizes. Nuts placed between the bar and thearm are frictionally held and prevented from slipping by the teeth andseri-ations of the arm and bar, and when the rear end of the lever 7 iselevated toward the bar 1, the rear end of the arm 15 .is lowered andsufficient pressure is brought to bear upon the shell of the nut tocrack and crush the same, without necessarily injuring or crushing thekernel of the nut.

The device can be easily operated in one hand and the other hand used asa receptacle to receive the cracked and crushed particles of the nut,and as the bar 1 and the lever 7 can be made of any desired length,sufficient leverage can be brought to bear with one hand to crack andcrush the most indurate nut.

The device in its entirety is made of strong and durable metal and canbe suitably ornamented whereby it can be used and associated with thecutlery of a dining table.

Vhat I claim is A nut cracker comprising a bar having the rear endthereof constituting a handle and its forward end bifurcated and furtherprovided intermediate its ends with an opening, a hanger integral withand depending from said bar intermediate the ends thereof, a link havingits lower end pivotally connected in the bifurcated end of said bar, anarm arranged over said bar and having its forward end pivotallyconnected to the ward end p-ivotally connected to the loweil upper end0f said link and provided interend of said rod.

mediate its ends with Van opening, a rod hav- In testimony whereof Iailix my signature ing its upper end pivotally connected in the in thepresence of two witnesses.

opening of said arm and its lower end ex- ANTONI KONARSKI. tendingthrough the opening of said bar, and a lever pivot-ally connectedintermediate its ends to said hanger and having its for- Witnesses:

ERNEST CIZEK, THOMAS F. SMITH.

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